diff --git a/plugins/mpd/mpdstats_ b/plugins/mpd/mpdstats_
index a3b336bc..a8745ec1 100755
--- a/plugins/mpd/mpdstats_
+++ b/plugins/mpd/mpdstats_
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ ACTION="$(basename "$0" | sed 's/^.*_//')"
 do_autoconf () {
     if [ -z "$NCBIN" ] ; then
         echo "no (missing netcat program ('nc'))"
-    elif ! echo version | "$NCBIN" "$MPDHOST" "$MPDPORT" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    elif ! echo stats | "$NCBIN" "$MPDHOST" "$MPDPORT" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         echo "no (connection failed)"
     else
         echo "yes"